Morris inspired chair #10: I'm ready for my close up Mr Deville.

I’ve got a smile from ear to ear. We finally took a ride and picked out the cushions and material for the chair today. Suzanne should get started Monday or Tuesday. I may have a finished chair by next weekend.

I’ve tested out some different combinations for the cushions and decided on 5” of high density foam with 2” of a softer foam on top for the seat, The back will be 5” of soft foam. Each will be wrapped in batting to soften the edge.

I’m looking forward to finishing this in the projects directory. Look forward to a grand presentation.

The second coat of Watco natural went on tonight (gave another pint of blood to the mosquitos). I really, really like what the sun did for the color. Thanks Giz!

And now the star of our show…..

Lessons learned.

1. I can do this

2. Clean up your glue…..I’ve been scaraping and sanding for days….

3. Listen to your friends at LJ and you can’t go wrong….

Next blog will be the finished product….hopefully with me sleeping in it.

Thanks for the kind words all. I’m really looking forward to relaxing on it instead of relaxing working on it.

I’m thinking of trying two ways to do the seat. One, just some 3/4” plywood and mahogany box, or a mahogamy box with springs (I saved the springs from my old chair) Either box will sit on cleats (front and rear) and on the sides. They’ll both look the same, just a matter of comfort to decide.

John (Gizmodyne) mentioned placing them in the sun to let them darken. I put one coat of oil on and was a little disapointed with the color I was seeing. After two days of sun the colors were richer and darker. I had never heard of it before and was amazed at the difference. Compare the pictures in post #7 and this one. Identical lighting, you can see the difference.

How many more are you planning to build? After seeing the first pictures, I couldn’t believe that you didn’t go into production mode. You have a gold mine there! Looking forward to seeing it with the cusions.

Bob! My man! This thing is coming out awesome! It’s been a great blog series, a great read and has produced a great chair! You are a great motivator by your words and actions. You’ve done some really beautiful work.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)